The John Batchelor Show

1/2: #SOMALIA: AL QAEDA AND ISIS WITH DRONES, CALEB WEISS, BILL ROGGIO, FDD 2022 PUNTLAND

EU: TALK TALK RE UKRAINE: JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN. 1860 BECHTESGADEN

BERLIN: MERZ DISAPPOINTING. JUDY DEMPSEY, SENIOR SCHOLAR, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN BERLIN. 1850 BECHTESGADEN

USN: 2027 Rebecca Grant, vice president of the Lexington Institute, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL 1936 RANGER, LEXINGTON, SARATOGA https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/f-47s-mission-take-china-you-have-have-it https://www.foxnews.com/world/germany-says-us-talks-russia-ukraine-war-deadlocked-china-has-different-takehttps://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-military-says-it-is-conducting-exercises-around-taiwan-2025-03-31/

ROK: APRIL 4: David Maxwell, vice president of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korea-constitutional-court-rule-yoons-impeachment-april-4-2025-04-01/

Andrew Collier, managing director of Orient Capital Research and author of new book, China's Technology War: Why Beijing Took Down Its Tech Giants, on this: https://www.newsweek.com/china-reacts-donald-trump-brics-threat-1993886. 1888 CONFUCIUS

TAIWAN; THREAT: James Fanell, co-author of Embracing Communist China: America's Greatest Strategic Failure and government fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL : https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-military-says-it-is-conducting-exercises-around-taiwan-2025-03-31/ 1887 CHING-YUEN1

2/2/: ERIC ADAMS "WITH PREJUDICE" FREE @ANDREWCMCCARTHY @NRO @THADMCCOTTER @THEAMGREATNESS 1888 FIVE POINTS

1/2/: ERIC ADAMS "'WITH PREJUDICE'" FREE @ANDREWCMCCARTHY @NRO @THADMCCOTTER @THEAMGREATNESS 1862 ZOUAVES OFF TO MARYLAND

#UKRAINE: CIVILIAN AND CLUMSY NATIONAL SECURITY? COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND , USA (RETIRED) @MCCAUSLJ @CBSNEWS @DICKINSONCOL 1935 BRUSSELS

#UKRAINE: IS NATO ON LIFE-SUPPORT? COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND , USA (RETIRED) @MCCAUSLJ @CBSNEWS @DICKINSONCOL 1914 BRUSSELS

PREVIEW: Colleague Judy Dempsey of the Carnegie Endowment comments on the kind of support that EU members offer Ukraine. More later. 1871 PRUSSIANS AT PARIS

PREVIEW: Colleague Andrew Collier comments on the property bubble and collapse in PRC, and what is to be done? More later. 2860 QING DYNASTY

PREVIEW: Colleague David Maxwell explains why North Korea and the PRC look to gain if President Yoon is removed from office. More later. 1904 KOREA

PREVIEW: Colleague Jim Fanell reports on the timing of the PRC show of invasion force off Taiwan. More later. 1912 USS WYOMING

PREVIEW: Colleague Sadanand Dhume reports on street violence in India because of a hit Bollywood movie that displays a notorious villain. And why? More later. 1862 INDIA

PREVIEW: Colleague Caleb Weiss of FDD reports on the origin and type of drones used in Somalia by al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab and breakaway jihadist ISIS. More later.

Good evening: The show begins in the markets, waiting on the big event, Liberation Day... 1904 NYC CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR SECOND HOUR BehindTheBlack.com BehindTheBlack.com THIRD HOUR FOURTH HOUR

KING CHARLES REPORT. BACK AT WORK. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS

CANADA AND DEFENSE OF THE NORTH. GREGORY COPLEY, DEFENSE & FOREIGN AFFAIRS 1770 GREENLAND